“Motivation” 指“动机;积极性;激励因素”,即促使一个人采取行动、坚持目标的内在或外在原因。(也可指“激励”的行为或手段,但最常见是“动机/动力”。)
/ˌmoʊtɪˈveɪʃən/
I need motivation to exercise every day.
我需要动力才能每天锻炼。
Her motivation for studying medicine came from a desire to help underserved communities, even when the training was exhausting.
她学习医学的动机来自帮助医疗资源不足群体的愿望,即使训练令人筋疲力尽。
源自拉丁语 movere(移动、推动),经由法语形成相关词形,后来在英语中发展为 motivation,核心含义一直围绕“推动人行动的力量”。